--- title: "14 Courses Quotes By Mark Twain" description: "14 Courses quotes by Mark Twain. Plus more from Mark Twain and more Courses sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3cf/mark-twain-22_bird_we-were-surprised-how-closely-the-cuckoo_162908.png" --- > [We were surprised how closely the cuckoo imitated the clock-and yet, of course, it could never have heard a clock.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/we-were-surprised-how-closely-the-cuckoo-imitated-the-clock-and-yet/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3cf/mark-twain-22_bird_we-were-surprised-how-closely-the-cuckoo_162908.png) > [When an honest writer discovers an imposition it is his simple duty to strip it bare and hurl it down from its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/when-an-honest-writer-discovers-an-imposition-it-is-his-simple-duty/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7df/mark-twain-22_confidence_when-an-honest-writer-discovers-an-impos_3068634.jpg) > [I simply can´t resist a cat, particularly a purring one. They are the cleanest, cunningest, and most intelligent things I know, outside…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/i-simply-can-t-resist-a-cat-particularly-a-purring-one-they-are-the/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb5/mark-twain-22_cat_i-simply-can-t-resist-a-cat-particularly_1641879.png) > [There was a great difference in boats, of course. For a long time I was on a boat that was so slow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/there-was-a-great-difference-in-boats-of-course-for-a-long-time-i-was/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f9/mark-twain-22_boat_there-was-a-great-difference-in-boats-of_2243378.jpg) > [ Suppose . . . burglars had made entry into this . . . \[library\]. Picture them seated here on this floor, pouring… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/suppose-burglars-had-made-entry-into-this-library-picture-them-seated/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/917/mark-twain-22_absorbing_suppose-burglars-had-made-entry-into-thi_281932.jpg) > [The gentle reader will never, never know what a consummate ass he can become until he goes abroad. I speak now, of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/the-gentle-reader-will-never-never-know-what-a-consummate-ass-he-can-2/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ed/mark-twain-22_ass_the-gentle-reader-will-never-never-know_1335063.jpg) > [Time cools, time clarifies; no mood can be maintained quite unaltered through the course of hours. When you make a decision to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/time-cools-time-clarifies-no-mood-can-be-maintained-quite-unaltered/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/122/mark-twain-22_challenges_time-cools-time-clarifies-no-mood-can-be_94793.png) > [A Christian's first duty is to God. It then follows, as a matter of course, that it is his duty to carry…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/a-christian-s-first-duty-is-to-god-it-then-follows-as-a-matter-of/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68f/mark-twain-22_christian_a-christian-s-first-duty-is-to-god-it-th_2273659.png) > [Some authorities hold that the young ought not to lie at all. That, of course, is putting it rather stronger than necessary;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/some-authorities-hold-that-the-young-ought-not-to-lie-at-all-that-of/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7d/mark-twain-22_accomplishment_some-authorities-hold-that-the-young-oug_2425026.png) > [All the territorial possessions of all the political establishments in the earth--including America, of course-- consist of pilferings from other people's wash.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/all-the-territorial-possessions-of-all-the-political-establishments/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d6/mark-twain-22_america_all-the-territorial-possessions-of-all-t_3045109.png) > [We all belong to the nasty stinking little human race, & of course it is not nice for God's beloved vermin to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/we-all-belong-to-the-nasty-stinking-little-human-race-of-course-it-is/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/257/mark-twain-22_beloved_we-all-belong-to-the-nasty-stinking-litt_1834016.jpg) > [I have no liking for novels or stories - none in the world; and so, whenever I read one - which is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/i-have-no-liking-for-novels-or-stories-none-in-the-world-and-so/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/088/mark-twain-22_book_i-have-no-liking-for-novels-or-stories-n_360617.jpg) > [I am trying to get the hang of this new fangled writing machine, but I am not making a shining success of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/i-am-trying-to-get-the-hang-of-this-new-fangled-writing-machine-but-i/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f77/mark-twain-22_acquire_i-am-trying-to-get-the-hang-of-this-new_1616851.jpg) > [Man is the Reasoning Animal. Such is the claim. I think it is open to dispute. Indeed, my experiments have proven to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/man-is-the-reasoning-animal-such-is-the-claim-i-think-it-is-open-to-2/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a0/mark-twain-22_able_man-is-the-reasoning-animal-such-is-the_829659.png) ## Other authors on Courses ## More by Mark Twain > [Sing like no one's listening, love like you've never been hurt, dance like nobody's watching, and live like its heaven on earth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/sing-like-no-one-s-listening-love-like-you-ve-never-been-hurt-dance/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) > [If you had made the acquiring of ignorance the study of your life, you could not have graduated with higher honor than you could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/if-you-had-made-the-acquiring-of-ignorance-the-study-of-your-life-you/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) > [“The Creator sat upon the throne, thinking. Behind him stretched the illimitable continent of heaven, steeped in a glory of light and color; before…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/the-creator-sat-upon-the-throne-thinking-behind-him-stretched-the/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) > [It's easy to quit smoking. I've done it hundreds of times.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/it-s-easy-to-quit-smoking-i-ve-done-it-hundreds-of-times/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) > [“It is never wrong to do the right thing.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/it-is-never-wrong-to-do-the-right-thing/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) > [A man accustomed to American food and American domestic cookery would not starve to death suddenly in Europe, but I think he would gradually…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/a-man-accustomed-to-american-food-and-american-domestic-cookery-would/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) > [There is nothing training can't cannot do. Nothing is above its reach.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/there-is-nothing-training-can-t-cannot-do-nothing-is-above-its-reach/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) > [I never write Metropolis for seven cents because I can get the same price for city. I never write policeman because I can get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/i-never-write-metropolis-for-seven-cents-because-i-can-get-the-same/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) > [The higher animals get their teeth without pain or inconvenience. Man gets his through months and months of cruel torture; he will never get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/the-higher-animals-get-their-teeth-without-pain-or-inconvenience-man/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) > [“As far as I can see, Italy, for fifteen hundred years, has turned all her energies, all her finances, and all her industry to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/as-far-as-i-can-see-italy-for-fifteen-hundred-years-has-turned-all/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) > [Begin with the determination to succeed and the work is half done already.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/begin-with-the-determination-to-succeed-and-the-work-is-half-done/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) > [Many public-school children seem to know only two dates—1492 and 4th of July; and as a rule they don't know what happened on either…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/many-public-school-children-seem-to-know-only-two-dates-1492-and-4th/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) > [If we could imagine such a man, that is a man who could invent the fly and send him out on his mission and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/if-we-could-imagine-such-a-man-that-is-a-man-who-could-invent-the-fly/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) > [You perceive, now, that these things are all impossible except in a dream. You perceive that they are pure and puerile insanities, the silly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/you-perceive-now-that-these-things-are-all-impossible-except-in-a/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) > [Lord save us all from a hope tree that has lost the faculty of putting out blossoms.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/lord-save-us-all-from-a-hope-tree-that-has-lost-the-faculty-of/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/courses/mark-twain/#itemlist", "name": "14 Courses Quotes By Mark Twain", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We were surprised how closely the cuckoo imitated the clock-and yet, of course, it could never have heard a clock.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mark Twain" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/we-were-surprised-how-closely-the-cuckoo-imitated-the-clock-and-yet/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3cf/mark-twain-22_bird_we-were-surprised-how-closely-the-cuckoo_162908.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3cf/mark-twain-22_bird_we-were-surprised-how-closely-the-cuckoo_162908.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3cf/mark-twain-22_bird_we-were-surprised-how-closely-the-cuckoo_162908.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We were surprised how closely the cuckoo imitated the clock-and yet, of course, it could never have heard a…” — Mark Twain", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When an honest writer discovers an imposition it is his simple duty to strip it bare and hurl it down from its place of honor, no matter who suffers by it; any other course would render him unworthy of the public confidence.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mark Twain" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/when-an-honest-writer-discovers-an-imposition-it-is-his-simple-duty/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7df/mark-twain-22_confidence_when-an-honest-writer-discovers-an-impos_3068634.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7df/mark-twain-22_confidence_when-an-honest-writer-discovers-an-impos_3068634.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7df/mark-twain-22_confidence_when-an-honest-writer-discovers-an-impos_3068634.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When an honest writer discovers an imposition it is his simple duty to strip it bare and hurl it down from…” — Mark Twain", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I simply can´t resist a cat, particularly a purring one. 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That, of course, is putting it rather stronger than necessary; still, while I cannot go quite so far as that, I do maintain, and I believe I am right, that the young ought to be temperate in the use of this great art until practice and experience shall give them that confidence, elegance and precision which alone can make the accomplishment graceful and profitable.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mark Twain" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/some-authorities-hold-that-the-young-ought-not-to-lie-at-all-that-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7d/mark-twain-22_accomplishment_some-authorities-hold-that-the-young-oug_2425026.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7d/mark-twain-22_accomplishment_some-authorities-hold-that-the-young-oug_2425026.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7d/mark-twain-22_accomplishment_some-authorities-hold-that-the-young-oug_2425026.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Some authorities hold that the young ought not to lie at all. 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